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His head and his hair were white as white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire.
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Christ as Ancient of Days
Commentators overwhelmingly agree that Jesus's white hair is a direct reference to the 'Ancient of Days' in Daniel 7:9, a title for God the Father. This imagery isn't about physical aging but signifies Jesus's divine nature, eternity, supreme wisdom, and majestic authority as ruler and judge.
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18th Century
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His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow. This means exceedingly or perfectly white. The first suggestion to the apos…
As white wool (ως εριον λευκον). Εριον (wool) in N.T. only here and Heb 9:19, though old word. The person of the Lord Jesus is her…
19th Century
Bishop
His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow.—The whiteness here is thought by some to be the sign of the transfiguration…
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Clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle. His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as…
In an apparent allusion to Daniel, Christ’s head and hair are described as “white like wool, as white as snow” (Daniel 7:9; cf. 10:5). …
17th Century
Pastor
His head and [his] hairs [were] white like wool, as white as snow
In allusion to th…
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The churches receive their light from Christ and the gospel, and display it to others. They are golden candlesticks; they should be precious and pu…